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| Each summer René and Gabriëlle hold a special week long tango workshop in L'Huys Préau, a small castle in the Morvan, in a beautiful part of the Bourgogne in Central France. Préau is a centre of all kinds of activities, such as theatre improvisation, dance, music, experiencing the natural surroundings, yoga, poetry and philosophy. L'Huys Preau offers private rooms, large luxurious tents, a theatre, a dance studio, a restaurant and 18 hectares of beautiful landscape. For more information about the programme, agenda, prices and applications check: www.preau.nl |
| THE WORKSHOP Argentine Tango is an improvisational dance in which the man initially leads and the woman follows, eventually becoming a subtle game of leading and following. The classes are based on the notion that tango is an improvisational dance as well as an interpretation of the music. We work with two levels: Beginners (people without any tango dance experience) and Advanced. The principle of leading and following will be visible in all exercises, emphasizing balance, working with ones axis, walking and eventually, dancing. We intend to enable beginners to visit a tango dance salon after the week of concentrated tango dancing. The advanced class takes this guiding theme of dancing in a salon a step further : improvising with you partner within the musical boundaries, making fast steps and slow steps. Different kinds of music will be studied in relation to dancing: d'Arienzo, de Angelis, Pugliese and Piazzolla, each require a different approach on the dance floor. Dancers will occasionally change partners in order to become more aware of leading and following. Of course, we won't forget the milonga and the tango-vals as well as the instruction of some more complex figures and patterns. Daily classes take two hours and at night we all join the tango salon in the beautiful, intimate dancehall of L'Huys Préau. During the day private classes and unlimited practicing is possible. The final Friday night we organize a dance party with performances and surprises. |
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